Most massive galaxies stopped producing stars very early on in their lives—scientists find out why
To find answers, scientists looked into two very different populations—Dusty Star-Forming Galaxies and Massive Quiescent Galaxies.
Published: 2 days ago | By Disita Sikdar
Astrophotographer captures stunning image of Horsehead Nebula after over 115 hours of observation
Astrophotographer Greg Meyer spent 115 hours collecting image data with a Radian Raptor 61 mm telescope an astronomy camera.
Published: 2 days ago | By Ankita Garkoti
Black hole binaries in the universe are produced in more than one way, says new study
Scientists analyzed hundreds of collisions before concluding that black hole binaries originate in distinct sub-populations.
Published: 3 days ago | By Biplab Das
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captures dwarf irregular galaxy located 23 million light-years away
The telescope operational for over 35 years has been looking at the movement of cosmic matter.
Published: 3 days ago | By Pranjal Nath
Using TESS, scientists discover extremely rare triple star system where three stars eclipse each other
Located 3,080 light-years away, the system has a binary pair regularly eclipsed by a massive giant.
Published: 3 days ago | By Biplab Das
Scientists found a galaxy so old its chemistry points directly to the universe's very first stars
An international team studied the ultra-faint galaxy LAP1-B and found it to be the most chemically bare galaxy ever observed in the early universe.
Published: 3 days ago | By Ankita Garkoti
Subaru, James Webb study galaxy cluster from 12.6 billion years ago—here's what they found
The study provides fresh insights into the formation of massive clusters in the early universe.
Published: 3 days ago | By Biplab Das
Supermassive black holes could be making exoplanets unsuitable for life, finds new study
The study suggests SMBHs could threaten exoplanet habitability, even within the Goldilocks Zone.
Published: 5 days ago | By Disita Sikdar
On a 'Hot Jupiter', day begins with clouds; by nightfall those clouds vanish—here's why
The 'Hot Jupiter' exoplanet located roughly 700 light-years away is called WASP 94A b.
Published: 5 days ago | By Biplab Das
15 years of data reveals temperate super-Earth around a red dwarf star just 28 light-years away
The planet is six times more massive than Earth, but colder than our home planet.
Published: 5 days ago | By Biplab Das
Why do some solar eruptions abruptly die? New study sheds light on the scientific mystery
Astronomers detected a hidden 'magnetic cage' that sometimes stops powerful solar eruptions.
Published: May 22, 2026 | By Biplab Das
NASA’s Fermi Telescope detects gamma rays from a rare, unusually luminous supernova
Scientists believe that the extreme luminosity of the supernova stems from a magnetar at its center.
Published: May 22, 2026 | By Pranjal Nath
Giant 50-meter observatory could pierce interstellar dust, revealing the hidden half of the cosmos
The proposed observatory will also search for the molecular building blocks of life in deep space.
Published: May 21, 2026 | By Biplab Das
NASA's Hubble images rare post-starburst galaxy located 100 million light-years away
The galaxy called NGC 1266 is in a phase when it has gone past its burst of star formation but is yet to become a quieter elliptical galaxy.
Published: May 19, 2026 | By Biplab Das
The butterfly effect in galaxy formation: How minute changes in star positions affect development
The study challenges assumptions that galaxies are too vast to be affected by small changes.
Published: May 15, 2026 | By Biplab Das
New instrument, TIME, maps the Milky Way's core to prepare for a survey of the early universe
Astronomers tested the TIME spectrometer on our own galaxy before aiming it at the cosmic dawn.
Published: May 14, 2026 | By Biplab Das
James Webb Space Telescope provides never-seen-before map of the universe
The map traces back to the point when the universe was 1 billion years old.
Published: May 13, 2026 | By Biplab Das
James Webb Space Telescope provides crucial information about lonely Jupiter-like gas giant
The James Webb Space Telescope's mid-infrared spectrograph caught the light from the gas giant's star as the planet crossed in front of it.
Published: May 12, 2026 | By Biplab Das
What stopped star formation in some early, massive galaxies? New study using James Webb finds clues
Quasars stripped early galaxies of their gas, the basic raw material for making stars.
Published: May 8, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Astronomers identify 20 stars as remnants of Loki, a dwarf galaxy consumed by the Milky Way
This discovery of ancient stars provides insights into the chaotic evolution of the early Milky Way.
Published: May 8, 2026 | By Nibedita Sen